If you want to take one comment and run with it then go ahead. But to slam a coach on his prior career just seems pointless and unproductive to me.

I recall when they showed a video someone put together of Rick Carlisle as a player for the Piston players at the time. Everyone got a good chuckle out of it but thats about all it was worth.

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Re-read my posts max. You've got my intention all turned around.

I'm not slamming MC the coach. In fact, he was my second choice for coach. Considering my #1 didn't stand a chance, MC was my #1 guy. During the coaching speculation MC in a suit was my Avi until the day he was hired. Go back and read the posts. I was one of the first to declare him the next guy, and support it.

I am slamming MC the player. He basically just compared Amir the player to MC the player. MC was no Dennis Rodman. MC was no Ben Wallace. MC was a marginal player that prospered in this league by working hard during a timeframe when really good swingmen were hard to come by. Orlando took a 3-1 lead on us solely on the strength of McGrady having a field day against a supposedly great defender in MC.

If Amir is the power forward version of MC then he will eventually be labeled a scrub. He will most assuredly not be what he has been hyped to be. Don't forget we are talking about a guy the organization claims would have been a lotto pick if he went to college.

Now he's Mike Curry Pt II.

Thats highly disappointing.

What's more disappointing is MC's need to rationalize Amirs lack of performance so early in the season.

Translation: The org. already knows what we are going to see, and felt the need to explain it to us preemptively.

Christ...it's the preseason. Chauncey was a turnover machine when he's usually a guy who takes very good care of the ball. All 3 of the team's primary bigs (Amir, Sheed, Dice) were in some sort of foul trouble at points in the game. Stuckey had a great game, but even he fouled out. Some Heat fan who actually saw the game said it was slow because of all the foul calls. Amir/Chauncey/Sheed had a mediocre-bad game, but so what? It's one game, and in the grand scheme of things, does this game even matter? No. He's learning, and the preseason is nothing more than an adjustment period for everyone, really. Give them time.

If the players are still having these same problems in December, then worry. It's October. Chill.

You do of course remember when Michael Curry was the "Intangibles" guy....right?

Our own Mercury dubbed him "Binary Man" due to his proclivity for putting up statlines that looked like this

10 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

Screw what he says. He's like an illusionist making the audience look at his hands while his assistants are wheeling the elephant off stage.

The elephant in this particular room is Amir isn't very good.

Cling to "intangibles" all you want. They won't win this team a championship of any sort.

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You got all this from a pre-season game that wasn't even on TV and a comment made by Curry?! Can we at least wait to label him a bust/Darko 2.0 until after he's at least played a few regular season games?

Also Joe D has made the same comments about Amir, and didn't he pretty much force RC to play Prince over Curry?

You have to figure that what else did Curry have to say? Maybe he was just trying to find something positive to say about the kid.

2 years ago Amir made his pre-season debut under Flip's regime and shot 80% from the field. For the following 2 years he mainly got nothing but complaints and everyone telling him what he could not do.

I'm concerned about Amir. In Act I, he got only 18 minutes with 5 fouls. This is his history. Glad to see that MC gave him a chance. It's his 4th season. He needs to show he belongs with the bigs. He needs to show it now. I'm not ready to hang a dark cloud over his head. It's only one game.

Hey Walker, maybe watching Sheed and Dyess flit around the paint like it was the abyss of hell, has clouded your memory of how a dyed in the wool caveman plays in the paint. So what if his elbow should accidentally fly up under some guys jaw while he's trying to clean the glass.
...So what if he sees a 260lber coming for a spot he wants to and they collide and the opposing player gets the worst of it and the candy azz ref flags our guy.
...can you remember Mahorn, Laimbeer ? How about Malone and the kidneys guy from the Heat.
...WOW, it was only yesterday Amir was in the Dleague putting up 20 and 8 so now they try and change his stripes to a banger.

If Amir's goal was to go in the game and not commit any fouls, then I'm sure he could do that.

He's trying to make hustle plays. Right now, we don't have a single big man who can accomplish that without fouling. At least he's trying. The only way he'll figure out the balancing act is by playing.

By starting him MC is surely not saying that he's better than Dyess or Maxiell. He's trying to optimize our 1st and 2nd units overall. With all of the scorers in the starting lineup, it takes shots away from Dyess and Maxiell if you put them in there. Amir just picks up the scraps, so no redundancy.

There is such a thing as adjusting. First preseason game remember? Let's give it a shot before we say the sky is really falling.

I mean, how bad can we do really with Amir there? Worst that could happen, he fouls out early, we know he's a bust, use him as a bench guy. Ultimately, it's a plus really if we find out what he can really do -- if he can hack it or not.

JMax is not really starting material, IMO. Not that he cannot contribute as a starter but he is of more use coming off the bench, but playing more minutes.

I really don't want to see the same 5 again with Dyess there because 1) it would really be a bummer to fans who want to see something new with the lineup, 2) it would basically turn us back into that jump shooting team again.

Kwame Brown is still Kwame Brown, he may be useful to bang around guys and defend but offense-wise, not really there.

So it's Amir's by default as of the moment. Let's just see how it turns out. At least, we fans have something to harp about.

It will take a few games for Amir to settle into a roll. He will hopefully find a niche with the starters and will make everyone else more productive. This will be his first year with a real chance to play through his mistakes. His previous years have been like playing in college; off the bench. He has never been thrown in the ocean to see if he can swim. This will be his time to shine. Let's see what he can do in 30 games and then make an INFORMED and INTELLIGENT decision.

Sheed grading the team tonight huh....well then it was his outlier of poor production that brought down the grade.

Billups will be gone by the trade deadline, this house is not big enough for him and Stuckey, it's kind of like when you and your brother share twin beds or bunk beds in the same room, when you're 8 years old, it's cool, but when you're like 20....somebody gotta go.

How about that Walter Herrmann fella, may turn out to be the key off season decision.

It also seems as if Maxiel is not going to just give Amir the starting PF spot. With our depth and vesatility at each position, if Curry holds true to his word, then we are in for a treat this season, nobody's spot is safe.

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I totally agree with you on this one KGreg. Curry was not happy with our veteran Guard (CB) 6 turnovers.